Combination furniture



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' E.M[CROOKS COMB I NAT I ON FURNI TURE Filed Aug. 29 1921 2Sheets-Sheet 2 3H0: neq

Patented May 8, 19 2.3 I "UNIT TATE nvi; cnooxsor COLU BUS, 01: .1

' COMBINATION FURNITURE.

. Application filed August 29, 1921.

T 0 all whomz't. may concem Be it known that I, EVA M. apcitis.

zen of the United States, and a .residentof Columbus,.in the county ofFranklir-iand State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and combinationfurniture and more particularly to a combined library and dressingtable,one object of the invention being to provide an article offurniture which shall be neat in appearance as a library table'withoutindicating its use for other purposes and which shall provide a dressingtable having mirrors and also receptacles for articles commonly used inconnection with dressing tables,the whole forming a compact and sanitarystructure. 1

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the article offurniture when used as a library table. Figure 2 is a view of thearticle when used as a dressing table, and Figures 3 and 4 are sectionalviews.

The frame of the device may comprise a series ofposts or legs 1, a backrail 2 having its ends mortised front rail 3 having its ends mortisedinto the other two of said posts, and end rails 4-4 having theirrespective ends mortised into the posts at respective ends of the frame.The frame may also include cross-bars 55 secured between the posts atrespective ends of the frame and serving to support a shelf- 6. Ifdesired these cross-bars may be connected with the end members or rails44c by suitable panels 7-7 to give an ornamental appearance to thearticle.

The space formed by the front, back and end rails is divided bycross-bars 8-8, the upper edges of which are slightly below thehorizontal plane of the upper edges of the front and back rails, andportions 9 of the several posts or legs terminate at their upper ends acorresponding distance from the horizontal plane of the upper edges ofthe several frame rails. In the spaces formed in two of said posts, a

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' between; cross-bars and ,endrailsof the frame,.metal receptacles aredisposed and these receptacles .10 are pm-.1

.vided attheir .upperfedge'swuh.flanges ll which-rest upon the upperfaces ofsaid cross:v

bars land.uponfp'ortionsm9. iofltheepostsrorw legs,.portions. of i saidifian'geswalsoi servingi to cover the spacesbetween the body portion uofsaid receptacles and i the: front; back and 5 end f rails. :Thecross-bars 8 :21 re zpnovided with beads 12 for accommodation of groovesin the sides of a drawer 13 which occupies the central space betweensaid cross-bars, and

the front end portion of said drawer may he flush with the front rail 3and move through a recessed portion of the latter. lVith the receptaclesand drawer mounted in the frame in the manner above explained,

a cover 14 may be caused to rest firmly upon the upper edges of therails of said frame so as to completely cover said receptacles andprevent the admission of dust thereto as well as to completely hidethem.

The cover 14 is hinged at one edge to the back have the appearance as alibrary table.

The table top or cover 14 may be raised to rail 2 and when closed thearticle will and be capable of use an approximately vertical positionand when so raised, its under side will be eX- posed and said under sideis provided centrally with a fixed mirror 15. At respective sides ofthis fixed mirror, pockets 16 are formed in the under side of thereception of the frames of hinged mirrors 1717. The table top is thusprovided with a triple mirror, two members of which are hinged withrespect to the central mem- I her and capable of being angle desired bythe user.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as'new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. An article of combined furniture c'onr prising a supporting frame, adrawer mounted centrally in the frame and slidable through the front ofthe same, trays removably supported in the frame at the sides of thedrawer, the top of the drawers and the tops 0- top, the table top beingrecessed on its under side whereby it may house the mirrors in" extendedrelation with their exposed sun the table top for M disposed at any 95faces flush with the under surface of the table top and rest flat on thetop of the frame and cover the drawer and the trays.

2. A combined article of furniture comprising supporting posts, front,back and end rails secured to and extending between 0pposed sides of theposts at the upper ends thereof, the inner corner portions of the poststerminating short of the upper edges of the rails, intermediate railssecuredto and extending between the front and back rails with theirupper edges slightly below the upper edges of the front and back rails,the front rail being recessed between the intermediate rails, a drawerslidably supported by and between the intermediate rails and movablethrough the recess in the front rail,

' the frontend of. the drawer resting in said recess in its closedposition, trays having lateral flanges at the tops of their sides andends to rest upon the upper edges of the intermediate-rails and theupper extremities of the inner corner portions of the posts whereby toremovably support the trays at the sides of the drawer, and a fiat tabletop hinged to the back rail and adapted to rest flat on the front, backand side rails and cover the drawer and the trays, the weight of the topand the mirrors being borne solely by the rails.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

EVA M. CROOKS.

Witnesses Mrs. J. C. LEWIS VAN HoUrnN, Mrs. GEORGE M. GILL.

